Changes for v7.6.0 are:- Adds support for gesture-based interaction- Adds avatar support with full-body motion- Adds support for the latest glasses-free technology- Adds support for a wider range of internet browsers- Increased support for motion tracking- The workflow with EON Creator has been streamlined- Adds support for EON Experience- You can now get free .eoz Files at EON Experience

28.09.2011 - R2012

Plugin News: Grant Adams Max 2012 plugins updated

Grant Adam has uploaded new versions of all of the Max 2012 plugins I listed last week. The links below still all work, but the plugins all have now had deferred loading disabled to stop sporadic crashing.

So if you've already downloaded them, please download them again to get the fixed versions.

This is a clever scripted Render Pass manager for Max which is fast to setup, and almost identical to the Layer/Pass Control in Maya. It allows you to intuitively set different materials, object properties, light properties, render setup and more without duplicating objects. With one click you can render all of the passes at once.

Max Render Layer is available for Max 9 to 2012 and costs $.99. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.2 are:- Adds integrated workflow support for Thea render- Adds image sequence support- A new file format allows easier connection to third party software- IntelliThread has been upgraded, making workflow smoother and faster- Improved texture filtering- The color picker is now applied to the objects in realtime- Better lights support- Improved viewport control- Adds a supersampling feature- Adds alpha support when saving- The memory footprint has been improved- Project loading is now faster- Viewport resizing is now faster- Samples are now included- Adds a JPG quality selector when exporting to web- Adds new versions of Max2Colimo and Modo2Colimo- Fixes a few minor bugs

MOTIVA Colimo is available for Max 2008 to 2012 and costs €139. A demo version is available here.

26.09.2011 - R2012

Misc Update: Service Pack 2 for Max 2012 / Max Design 2012

Autodesk have released Service Pack 2 for Max 2012 and Max Design 2012.Some of the things that have been fixed include:- A load of CAT defects have been fixed- A couple of curve editor and general animation bugs have been fixed- Fixes a problem when using ProCutter through MAXScript- CER (Customer Error Reports) now works properly with multi-threaded systems- A number of fixes to FBX and FBX File Link- Fixes a number of problems with iRay- Fixes a load of problems with MassFX- Fixes a minor problem with the Compact Material Editor- Several fixes for the Nitrous viewport system- Directional lights now cast correct shadows when set to 'Adv Raytraced Shadows'- Fixes a program error with the Ribbon- Fixes a problem with one of the sample files- Fixes a couple of problems with 'Send To Mudbox' and 'Send To Softimage'- Fixes a few problems with Unwrap UVW- Fixes a number of Viewport bugs- Fixes a program error in the Viewport Canvas

Changes in v1.2 are:- The trial version is now valid until the end of 2011- There are no longer any functional restrictions- The performance has been enhanced once again- The Matrix3ForMeshSkin modifier has been enhanced to work with spline objects

Changes for v2.3.17 are:- Adds support for the tint map if it contains a 'bitmap texture' as its submap- Adds support for pulling from the mixer for more than just the biped mixer- Modified bone attachment export: attached meshes can't have their own attachments- Fixes a bug with meshes that have both Morpher and Skin/Physique modifiers

OgreMax is available for Max 8 to 2012 and costs $250. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.1.3 are:- The Collision Brain System has been accelerated- You can now enter the final duration of the animation in the timeline- Improved the quality of animation and motion clip blending

Anima is available for Max 2008 to 2012 and costs $339. A demo version is available here.

13.09.2011 - Commercial

Plugin News: 20% off Pulldownit Pro

Thinkinetic are offering a 20% discount on PullDownIt Pro for Max until November, meaning you only pay €236 for a single license instead of €295. More information can be found on the Thinkinetic website.

Changes for v3.0 are:- Adds support for Max 2012 (32-bit and 64-bit)- Adds support for 32-bit (HDR) layered PSD files- New MatteShooter technology allows you to extract mattes even faster- Scene layers can now be exported as PSD layers- New built-in customizable presets for V-Ray 2.0 and finalRender 3.5- New 'Render Cut-outs' mode that cuts the render into pieces by ID's or layers- Optimized Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects workflow- New built-in options to control image resolution (DPI)- V-Ray and general usability improvements

psd-manager is available for Max 9 to 2012 and costs €189. Upgrades from psd-manager 2 are available for €75. All customers that purchased psd-manager 2 on or after April 6th 2011 will receive this upgrade for free.

05.09.2011 - R2012

Plugin Updates: Recompiles from Grant Adam...

Grant Adam has recompiled a number of his plugins for use with Max 2012:

Changes for v2.3.16 are:- Adds the native Max color picker- Adds logic to ignore slider helpers on export- Modified the default light type to be directional- Modified material saving to add a carriage return and newline at the end of each line- Fixes a bug with ogremax.GetVersion() returning unexpected results- Fixes a bug with duplicate vertices not being detected properly- Fixes a bug with meshes that have a Morpher modifier

OgreMax is available for Max 8 to 2012 and costs $250. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.5 are:- Adds support for Max 2012 (32-bit and 64-bit)- The 5 light types are now taken from HDR photos of real studio lights- New 'Softbox Wrinkle' controls add imperfections to your softbox- Adds gamma controls- Adds support for V-Ray RT- Adds a compact UI mode- The render presets have been improved